Ben Starr Auditioned For James Bond In First Light, But He’s “So F**king Happy” He Didn’t Get it
Gamespot
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Actor Ben Starr, known for his roles in Final Fantasy XVI, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Hades 2, has revealed that he auditioned for the role of James Bond in 007: First Light.
He didn't get the part, which ultimately went to Patrick Gibson, and Starr said he was "so f**king happy" to have not gotten the role.
"I never would have gotten it.
I was terrible,” Starr told https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ben-starr-reveals-he-auditioned-for-james-bond-in-007-first-light-but-hes-so-happy-i-didnt-get-it/" id="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ben-starr-reveals-he-auditioned-for-james-bond-in-007-first-light-but-hes-so-happy-i-didnt-get-it/">VGC. “I remember doing a self-tape for it.
I did the GoldenEye scene, and I got recalled to meet the team.
“I was a couple of years into doing Final Fantasy at that point, and it hadn’t been released, so I was just a young actor who liked video games," he added.
Although Starr got a callback for the part, he said he "kind of crumbled under the pressure" and did not "deliver what they wanted."
"I’m so f**king happy I didn’t get anywhere near it, because my god, Patrick Gibson is so f**king good.
He’s unbelievable,” Starr said.
First Light is https://www.gamespot.com/articles/007-first-light-sequel-sounds-like-a-matter-of-when-not-if/" id="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/007-first-light-sequel-sounds-like-a-matter-of-when-not-if/">expected to get a sequel, and we'd imagine that Gibson would come back for it.
As for Starr, one of his upcoming projects is for the strategy game Stronghold 4.